Riders commenting on (and riding) Ray’s Mountain Bike Park in Milwaukee two weeks after opening day, January 2011.
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What a cop-out.
In taking the mushy middle ground of a proposed one-year doping ban for Alberto Contador, Spanish cycling officials are timidly sitting on the fence.
They’re apparently signaling that they believe the Tour de France champion’s story that tainted beef caused his failed drug test, but they’re shying away from the far tougher decision on whether to clear him completely.
If he doped, then Contador should be banished for two years, not one. That’s the rule … Details
Napa native Donny Robinson took third place on Saturday and, despite a non-serious crash, managed seventh on Sunday in the first national bicycle motocross event of the season last weekend in Reno, Nev.
“My training has been going amazing and I feel at least as good as when I left the scene, six months ago,†Robinson, a Napa High graduate, wrote in an e-mail blast. “Last weekend marked the six-month anniversary of my last serious crash/injury and I … am happy to say that I had a great weekend.
“It was a total success as I pretty much did everything I wanted to do. I won a couple laps, I got on the podium, and I had a crash, which in itself was a victory because I was able to know that I can take a hit and walk away.â€
Robinson — the bronze medalist in BMX racing at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing  … Details